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Author:

Sells, Benjamin, author.

Title:

The tunnel under the lake : the engineering marvel that saved Chicago / Benjamin Sells.

Publisher:

Northwestern University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

193 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Chesbrough, Ellis Sylvester,--1813-1886.
Chesbrough, Ellis Sylvester,--1813-1886.
Municipal water supply--Chicago--Chicago--History--19th century.
Water-supply engineering--Chicago--Chicago--History--19th century.
Water tunnels--Chicago--Chicago--History--19th century.
Waterworks--Chicago--Chicago--History--19th century.
Chicago (Ill.)--History--History--19th century.
Buildings.
Municipal water supply.
Water-supply engineering.
Water tunnels.
Waterworks.
Illinois--Chicago.
1800-1899
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Buckets, wells, and water carts -- The city takes over -- The engineer -- The Chesbrough plan -- Building the great Chicago lake tunnel -- The two-mile crib -- The wonder of America -- Never-ending demand -- Water and fire -- Epilogue -- Appendixes. Appendix A: Population of early Chicago, 1833-69 ; Appendix B: Chicago political roster, 1837-71 ; Appendix C: Annotated contract and specifications for the lake tunnel ; Appendix D: Expenditures on the lake tunnel and crib, 1863-April 1867 ; Appendix E: Growth of the Chicago waterworks, 1854-70 ; Appendix F: Chronology.

Series:

Second to none: Chicago stories

ISBN:

0810134748
9780810134744

OCLC:

(OCoLC)959265419

LCCN:

2017000235

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)